What’s Next for Delicious?

Posted by Mike Federer on Thursday, January 6, 2011
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Many of you have read the news stories about Delicious that began appearing yesterday. We’re genuinely sorry to have these stories appear with so little context for our loyal users. While we can’t answer each of your questions individually, we wanted to address what we can at this stage and we promise to keep you posted as future plans get finalized.


Is Delicious being shut down? And should I be worried about my data?

- No, we are not shutting down Delicious. While we have determined that there is not a strategic fit at Yahoo!, we believe there is a ideal home for Delicious outside of the company where it can be resourced to the level where it can be competitive.


What is Yahoo! going to do with Delicious?

- We’re actively thinking about the future of Delicious and we believe there is a home outside the company that would make more sense for the service and our users. We’re in the process of exploring a variety of options and talking to companies right now. And we’ll share our plans with you as soon as we can.


What if I want to get my bookmarks out of Delicious right away?

- As noted above, there’s no reason to panic. We are maintaining Delicious and encourage you to keep using it. That said, we have export options if you so choose. Additionally, many services provide the ability to import Delicious links and tags.

We’ll let you know more as things develop.


Source: blog.delicious.com

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Farewell Delicious: Yahoo’s Shutting Down Many Services!

Posted by Mike Federer
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Instead of creating a shopping list for this season, Yahoo! has created a “chopping” list to shutdown many of its services. There was quite of a buzz around it and finally, they have declared that they are going to shutdown their social bookmarking service Del.iciou.us.

The story does not end their. Yahoo! has decided to chop down many other great service like Altavista, MyBlogLog, Yahoo! Bookmarks, Yahoo! Picks which were announced in a presentation posted on twitter. Unfortunately, now the image has been removed from ImageShack. Nevertheless, here’s the image which was posted in TechCrunch.

It’s clearly visible that Delicious is listed under “Sunset” which are going to be shutdown soon. Yahoo! reveals that it’s stated in the part of their organizational streamline to cut off the investment to underperformed or off-strategy services. Well, as far as I know Delicious was a popular social bookmarking site since 2003 which really made a mark of its kind.

This must be really embarrassing for regular Delicious users and it’s sad to see such a great service is going down!

The rumor was quite an issue which aroused many readers’ curiosity and embarrassment due to the fact Delicious was going to shut down. But Yahoo! officially declares that eventhough they fired the Delicious team Delicious will see the light of the world, outside Yahoo! nonetheless. You can read more on their official statement. Very well, Delicious will have to regain its trust it had in its users again.


Source: techhamlet.com

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Twitter to Sell Wine for Charity

Posted by Prem on Monday, September 27, 2010
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Leading Micro blogging site, Twitter has said that it will start selling wine under its ‘Fledgling Initiative’ to raise funds for the promotion of education and literacy.

The company announced the Fledgling Initiative by entering into a partnership with wine maker Crushpad and non-profit Room to Read in October last year in which it decided to sell wine for charity works.

Twitter Sell Wine Twitter and Crushpad are now ready to sell the wine as it is ready for consumption. The company announced that people who pre-ordered their wine will get it soon. The Fledgling Wine comes in two types, a white wine: chardonnay and a red wine; pinot noir. "A world in which all children can pursue a quality education is something worth celebrating. This weekend, our Fledgling Initiative has finally ripened and we want you to join the cause," wrote Twitter co-founder Biz Stone in a blog post. "The Fledgling Initiative embodies two things that are at the core of Twitter’s mission: providing access to information and highlighting the power of open communication to bring about positive change," he added.

He further said that the employees of the company have been involved in the process of wine making over the last 12 months. The bottle of wine will cost $25 and a case of 12 bottles will be priced at $300.

$5 from each bottle price will go towards an education project in Uttarakhand, India and individuals who do not drink wine can also contribute for the cause starting at $5. Stone said that the wine is 2009 vintage which is being made using some of the best vineyards in California by the acclaimed winemaking team at Crushpad.

Source: Topnews.com.sg